The Humanist Center
2001-2007
Organized by:
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
Humanists of Minnesota
The Humanist Institute
At the First Unitarian Society
900 Mt. Curve, Minneapolis
June 3, 2007 - Varieties of Humanism
Robert B. Tapp, Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, University of Minnesota
May 13, 2007 - Technology, (Im)mortality, and the Rhetoric of "Choice"
Barbara Koenig, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine and Faculty Associate, Center for Bioethics, University of Minnesota
November 19, 2006 - The Future of Humanism
John Cummins, Minister (Emeritus), First Universalist Church, Minneapolis
October 15, 2006 - Godless Morality: Does It Make Sense?
Fred Edwords, Director of Communications, American Humanist Association
September 24, 2006 - Origins of Humanism: The Dietrich Era
Kendyl Gibbons, Sr. Minister, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis; Co-Dean, Humanist Institute
June 4, 2006 - Buddhisms – nontheist Yes; humanist No
Robert B. Tapp, professor emeritus of Humanities, Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, University of Minnesota
May 7, 2006 - Life Long Learning
Steven Benson, Executive Director, Osher Life Long Learning, University of Minnesota
April 9, 2006 - The Coming Storm – The Rise of American Fascism
Khoren Arisian, Senior Leader emeritus, New York Ethical Society
December 4, 2005 - Human Sexuality is Humanistic
Peter D’Ascoli, Fellow of the America College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
November 6, 2005 - Arts and Ethics
Gayle Graham Yates, professor emerita of America Studies, University of Minnesota
June 5, 2005 - How Pluralistic Should Humanism Be?
Robert B. Tapp, professor emeritus of Humanities, Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, University of Minnesota
May 1, 2005 - Is the American Humanist Association a Religious Humanist Organization? What Does the Humanist Manifesto III Mean?
Mel Lipman, President, American Humanist Association
December 5, 2004 - A Humanist Looks as the Holidays
Kendyl Gibbons, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis
November 14, 2004 - What in God's Name has Happened to Humanism?
Sarah Oelberg, Vice-President, HUUmanists
October 10, 2004 - Evolutionary Ethics
Andreas Rosenberg, professor emeritus of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
September 12, 2004 - The Role and Status of Humanism in the UUA
William Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association
May 2, 2004 - Why Humanism Must Be Secular
Tom Flynn, Associate Director, Council for Secular Humanism
April 4, 2004 - Making our Society More Fit for Humans
Anita M. Pampusch, President, The Bush Foundation
March 7, 2004 - Prospects for Religious Humanism
Roger A. Brewin, editor, Religious Humanism
December 7, 2003 - The Importance of Public Education as a Cultural Imperative in a Democratic Society
Richard D. Nunneley, Principal, Nova Charter School, St. Paul
November 2, 2003 - Humanist Judaism
Harold Londer, Co-founder and spiritual leader, Congregation Or Emet of Minnesota
October 12, 2003 - The Role of the Humanities in Humanizing Humans
Stanley Romanstein, President, the Minnesota Humanities Commission
May 4, 2003 - Dangerous Ideas and Religious Meaning; Evolutionary Psychology and Humanism
Michael Werner: Sales and marketing, hi-tech adhesives; former president, American Humanist Association
April 6, 2003 - New Evidence on the Historicity of Jesus
Gerald M. Erickson, professor emeritus of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota
March 2, 2003 - Humanism and Social Justice
Wendy Jerome-Stern: Minister, Wayzata Unitarian Universalist Church
December 2, 2002 - What Happened to Humanism?
Sarah Oelberg; Minister, Hanska & Mankato Unitarian Universalist Churches
November 3, 2002 - Longing to Die: A Humanist Critique of Eschatology and Christian Fundamentalism
Anthony Pinn, Professor of Religious Studies, Macalester College
October 6, 2002 - If Humanism Is So Right, Why Are We So Few?
Andreas Rosenberg: professor emeritus of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
April 28, 2002 - Can Humanism Become the Global Ethic for the New Millennium?
Khoren Arisian, Senior Leader, New York Ethical Society
April. 7, 2002 - Liberal Christianity and Humanism: Past and Future Relationships
Rev. James Gertmenian, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church, Mpls and Prof. (ret.) Robert Tapp, Religious Studies, University of Minnesota
March 3, 2002 - Determining the "Truths" about Jesus
Prof. Philip Sellew, Classical and Near Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota
December 2, 2001 - Life Without Father: Humanism as Sustenance and Good News
Rev. Kendyl Gibbons, Minister, First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
November 4, 2001 - Is There Such a Thing as Christian Humanism?
Rev. Kevin McDonough, Vicar General, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Mpls.
October 7, 2001 - Warming the Cold Corpse: Toward a Humble and Humane Humanism
Rev. Victoria Safford, Minister, White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church
